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Dust: An Elysian Tail cover art

Dust: An Elysian Tail

Humble Hearts LLC · Xbox Game Studios · 2013-05-24

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreXbox

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 24, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 17, 2013 (Mac), Dec 17, 2013 (Linux), Oct 08, 2015 (iOS), Aug 15, 2012 (Xbox 360)

Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Dust: An Elysian Tail is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 19061 reviews).

13
playing now
95%
positive of 19k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (173 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (428 downloads)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (42,904 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 27h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

13 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Dust: An Elysian Tail is a 2012 action role-playing game developed by American independent designer Dean Dodrill studio Humble Hearts with support by Microsoft Game Studios Japan and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released for Xbox 360 through Xbox Live Arcade on August 15, 2012. It was subsequently ported by Humble Hearts for Windows on May 24, 2013, for Linux and OS X on December 17, 2013, and for PlayStation 4 in October 2014. A version for the Nintendo Switch was announced at E3 2018 and was released by Limited Run Games on September 10, 2018.

Trailer

Dust: An Elysian Tail trailer thumbnail

Dust: An Elysian Tail - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈169,718 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 13 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 266 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 764k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,089 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Humble Store (2014-05-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 27 of 65 observed days · $12.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11211220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2322026-09-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 13 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7080Apr 2013Aug 2026Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 7Sep 2013 — avg 84 · peak 191Feb 2014 — avg 493 · peak 2,170Jul 2014 — avg 210 · peak 684Dec 2014 — avg 176 · peak 741May 2015 — avg 68 · peak 144Oct 2015 — avg 71 · peak 149Mar 2016 — avg 66 · peak 137Aug 2016 — avg 58 · peak 100Jan 2017 — avg 98 · peak 301Jun 2017 — avg 72 · peak 246Nov 2017 — avg 43 · peak 151Apr 2018 — avg 29 · peak 67Sep 2018 — avg 28 · peak 62Feb 2019 — avg 26 · peak 68Jul 2019 — avg 30 · peak 71Dec 2019 — avg 26 · peak 54May 2020 — avg 26 · peak 59Oct 2020 — avg 15 · peak 33Mar 2021 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35Jan 2022 — avg 22 · peak 53Jun 2022 — avg 21 · peak 57Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 33Apr 2023 — avg 23 · peak 77Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 44Feb 2024 — avg 18 · peak 49Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 38Dec 2024 — avg 15 · peak 42May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 47Oct 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2026 — avg 11 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 21
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-06-07 — best price $5.992015-07-03 — best price $2.992015-09-19 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-06-22 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-05-11 — best price $7.492017-11-22 — best price $3.742018-05-10 — best price $3.742018-11-15 — best price $3.742019-01-29 — best price $14.992019-08-29 — best price $4.492020-06-18 — best price $3.742020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-09-17 — best price $14.992022-03-28 — best price $3.742022-06-24 — best price $3.742022-11-04 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-07-07 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-06-11 — best price $4.942024-12-12 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-04-16 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $14.992026-09-10 — best price $2.992026-09-20 — best price $2.992026-09-30 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

364732026-06-02 — 172 pageviews2026-06-06 — 183 pageviews2026-06-10 — 174 pageviews2026-06-14 — 135 pageviews2026-06-18 — 136 pageviews2026-06-22 — 364 pageviews2026-06-26 — 142 pageviews2026-06-30 — 137 pageviews2026-07-04 — 186 pageviews2026-07-08 — 151 pageviews2026-07-12 — 141 pageviews2026-07-16 — 132 pageviews2026-07-20 — 115 pageviews2026-07-24 — 148 pageviews2026-07-28 — 99 pageviews2026-08-01 — 91 pageviews2026-08-05 — 142 pageviews2026-08-09 — 127 pageviews2026-08-13 — 115 pageviews2026-08-17 — 119 pageviews2026-08-21 — 106 pageviews2026-08-25 — 135 pageviews2026-08-29 — 114 pageviews2026-09-02 — 119 pageviews2026-09-06 — 112 pageviews2026-09-10 — 101 pageviews2026-09-14 — 92 pageviews2026-09-18 — 79 pageviews2026-09-22 — 95 pageviews2026-09-26 — 117 pageviews2026-09-30 — 95 pageviews2026-10-04 — 113 pageviews2026-10-08 — 96 pageviews2026-10-11 — 149 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
85.9%
earned "Well on your Way"
23.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)50,71218%31
Steam (Steam)42,5638%30
Xbox 360 (Xbox)41,8208%30
Switch (Nintendo)440%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionFantasyAdventureControllerPlatformerStory RichBeat 'em up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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